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J. T. BURNIP.

BRUSH Patented June 28, 1898.

INVENTOH WITNESSES:

NITED STATES JOHN THOMAS BURNIP, MELBOURNE, VICTORIA.

BRUSH-1 SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 606,154, dated June 28, 1898.

Application filed September 11, 1897. Serial Ila. 651,307. was;

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN THOMAS BURNIP, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cycle-Brushes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved con: struction of hand brush for cleaning the chains of cycles and for other like Work.

The objects of my improvement are to provide an effective and convenient brush at small cost.

The brush is illustrated in the annexed drawings.

Figure 1 is an elevation of the brush; Fig. 2, a section of the brush through 00- 50.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in both figures.

The brush consists of two parallel springarms A and A carrying the bristles B and formed from one length of twisted wires, (preferably two,) the wire of each arm being continuous and bent at the center into the form of a curve or bow O. The arms are connected and supported between the bristles and the bow by a piece of sheet metal D, the

edges of which are turned over and clasped round the wire arms, as shown. This connection and support may, however, be of other form and material, the one described and shown being preferred on account of its cheap and simple form of construction. The-bristles are held in the twist or between the coils of the two twisted wires, and thus form a spiral tapering to the free ends of the arms.

I am aware that bristles are held between twisted wires in other brushes, and I therefore do not claim this; but

What I desire to claim is A brush for cycle-chain cleaning, consisting in two parallel brush members formed from'one length'of twisted wire bent in the center to a U shape, and radiating bristles tapering in length toward the points of the members, said members being held apart by a fiat plate forming a rest for the thumb, substantially as described.

;In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have affixed hereto my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 24th day of June, 1897.

JOHN THOMAS BURNIP.

Witnesses:

HENRY MARSLAND, STEPHEN E. GORDON. 

